1.18.2016

Jose Fuentes, ordered deported upon release and still waiting> WHY?

latest on Jose Fuentes:He has been eligible for deportation back to Columbia since he has been parole eligible-2009. His family is waiting. He was give a one month defer in October 2015. You can imagine the excitement Jose and his family felt. that meant he would be coming home in a month. That is what short defers mean right? NOT anymore - All hope was whisked away in the next month- He will see the parole board again in 2017. Cruel joke.
here are links to the parole actions:
1)2014 parole decision: not enough time for punishment:parole decision 2014
2)October 2015 decision: Next parole date in one month!!!
3)November 2015: .Juan will wait over a year for his 10th parole hearing .No Parole . Juan will see the parole in 2017. Cruel Joke on Juan and his family

"Mr. and Mrs. taxpayer. What about the incarcerated
undocumented immigrants? Do you know
that you are still footing the bill to keep them incarcerated long after they have finished all their required programs and long after a
Federal Judge issued orders for these inmates
to be deported. These immigrants would be deported out of the United States and
no longer be a threat to society. Instead of
deportation and saving Wisconsin taxpayer money, the Department of Corrections and the Parole Board are keeping them incarcerated to serve
their entire sentence. Again, to fuel the
Wisconsin prison industry and a big waste of taxpayer money."

In 2005, I had a
teleconference with a Federal Judge in Chicago where he issued a deportation order for me to be deported back to
Mexico. A copy of the order is below.

I was
sentenced in 1995, so I am under the old law. I have served 20-years of my 40-year sentence and have completed all of my
required programs.

I have
seen the Parole Board 8 times, and each time, instead of discussing the deportation order, I am told that they want me to
serve more time.I have the love and support of my entire
family who have written several
letters over the years to the DOC expressing their support.

My
sister has a kidney disease and has to go through kidney dialysis every week. I told my sister that once I am back in Mexico, I
would donate to her one of
my kidneys so she wouldn't have to go through dialysis anymore and could start living a more normal life.

My
father owns a farm in Mexico. He is 80-years old and has diabetes.

His
health has been failing him and it's getting harder and harder for him to run the farm. If I was allowed to be deported, I would
be able to take over the
duties from my father so he could relax a little and enjoy his remaining years. I have worked the farm and know all phases of
farming so I would be able
to manage and work the farm myself.

With the current rate of incarceration—one
out of every 100 people in the United
States are incarcerated—in Wisconsin, there is a good chance that even the best of families could lose a family member to the
Wisconsin prison system.

When a court finds a person guilty of a crime,
the judge orders, under the sentencing
guidelines, the appropriate sentence as punishment.

The Department of Corrections duties are to
implement the court order, provide
housing, security, and programs to educate and rehabilitate prisoners and prepare them for a reasonable chance for
parole so they may be reunited with
their families and become productive citizens.

Most prisoners (at least in Wisconsin prisons),
both old law prisoners and truth-in-sentence
prisoners do not believe this is the case. Prisoners believe that they have been dehumanized and have become
commodified—warehoused and used to
fuel the huge Wisconsin prison industry. And it is a huge industry at the cost of human beings and a waste of taxpayer
money.

When Wisconsin citizens talk about big
government and how their tax money is
being spent, they have to look no further then the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections and the Wisconsin prison system to see just how big and how costly this system has become, and how much waste of
taxpayer money.

As an industry, the prison system as is,
benefits by incarcerating more people
and to keep as many current prisoners—including old law prisoners who are eligible for parole—incarcerated as long as
possible.

The more prisoners, the more guards and staff to
be hired and more institu­tions to
be built. All on the Wisconsin taxpayers dime. And the politicians can claim they're tough on crime, and at the same
time, creating jobs.

Again on the
taxpayers dime. This is the waste of tax revenue that citizens have to realize.

Wouldn't it be more advantageous to the Wisconsin
taxpayer and families that lost
fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters stuck in this broken system and instead allow inmates to be paroled when
eligible and deserving and become
productive citizens again so they may provide for their families.

It would be a win-win for
society. The former inmate now being a productive member of society and contributing to the
tax coffer, while at the same time providing for the family so they could get off welfare. All while
lowering the Wisconsin
prison population and saving taxpayer money.

When available, most prisoners have
completed their required programs and have
been rehabilitated. They are no longer a threat to the public.Yet
to keep the prisons at full capacity, old law prisoners who are eligible for
parole are told by the Parole Board that, because of the seriousness of the
offense sufficient time has not been served, or there is still an unreason­able
risk to the public. Old law prisoners serving a set-year sentence are eligible
for parole after serving 25% of their sentence. Prisoners serving a life
sentence are eligible for parole after serving 13 years. The excuses to refuse
parole are to justify keeping a person incarcerated and fuel the prison industry.

Mr. and Mrs. taxpayer. What about the incarcerated
undocumented immigrants? Do you know
that you are still footing the bill to keep them incarcerated long after they have finished all their required programs and long after a
Federal Judge issued orders for these inmates
to be deported. These immigrants would be deported out of the United States and
no longer be a threat to society. Instead of
deportation and saving Wisconsin taxpayer money, the Department of Corrections and the Parole Board are keeping them incarcerated to serve
their entire sentence. Again, to fuel the
Wisconsin prison industry and a big waste of taxpayer money.

Wouldn't this wasted taxpayer
money be put to wiser use by improving our education
system and providing our classrooms with the latest technology so our
children are better prepared for the future? And in the long run, this would
improve the economy, reduce the crime rate, and shed the reputation of Wisconsin
having a bloated prison population.

But at the
end of the day, it's up to you, the Wisconsin taxpayer, to decide how you want
your hard earned money to be spent.

This blog is a companion to our Parole web page. Wisconsin has 2887 prisoners who are eligible for parole but are denied year after year. We are part of a campaign to see that these people get a second chance. They are all long past their parole dates. We want to spread the message loud and clear that people DO Change. Below are some of the stories and profiles of the many people stuck in a broken and wasteful system.